Wick-adjusting mechanism for oil-burners



(Nd Model.)

` C. P. GOODSPEED. WGK ADJUSTING MBGHANISM PoR ou.L BURNERS. No. 315.769.

14, 18 5. j Patented Apw:1

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CHARLES r. cOODsrE-En, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WICK-ADJUSTING MECHANISM FOR OIL-BURNERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,769, dated April 14,1885.

Application tiled November 18, 1884. (No model.)

.To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES PERRY GoonsPEED, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vick- Adjusting Mechanism for Burners, of which the following is a specification.

The obj ect of my improvement is to produce asimple and effective mechanism for adjusting wide tlat Wicks. Plain-surfaced rollers geared together and acting on opposite sides ol'a Wick have been employed for adjusting it. These have, however, been objectionable, because when Vclose enough together to closely grip the wick they have pressed the oil out of theA Wicl{,and also prevented the oil from passing up to the tip of the wick with that freedom which is desirable. Rollers, nevertheless, have great advantage,owing to their simplicity, for adjusting wide dat Wicks.

My improvement consists in the combination, with a wick-tube, ot' apair of rollers arranged at opposite sides, and having at intervals circumferential spaces where they will not pinch or squeeze the wick, and conse quently Where provision will be afforded for the greatest freedom for the tlow of oil through the wick. The portions of the rollers between the spiral grooves constitute spiral projections. I provide the spaces by spirally groov- 'ing the rollers, and preferably the spiral grooves will run in the same direction, so that when the rollers are put in place the projecting spirals of one will extend crossivise of the spirals of theother'at the opposite portions of the rollers. A suitable hold of the wick Will thus be provided for the rollers, and yet the Wick will not be objectionably pinched or squeezed; moreover, the wick will not be crumpled up or moved laterally.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a transverse vertical section of a wicketube embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a View of theinner surfaces of the two halves of the ivicletube Wit-h the rollers in place.

Similar letters ol' reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A A designate the two halves of a wielrtube made of sheet metal. These halves are joined by having their edges overlapped. In

the lower portions are chambers or cavities c ci.

'the wick in the opposite direction.

B Bl are rollers arranged in the cavities a a. of the Wick-tube, and journaled in the ends thereof. They may be made of metal. As

shown, they are spirally grooved in the saineY direction; consequently, the opposite portions/'of their projecting spirals extend cross- Wse of one another. On one journal oi' the rollers are gear-Wheels CC', which intermesh. One ofthe rollershas a journal provided with a handpiece. By turning this hand piece both rollers maybe rotated to adjust the Wick.

By employing rollers provided with spiral projections the point of grip upon the Wick is constantly varied. This is advantageous, because thereby the wringing action to Which a wick is more or less subjected when being raised by the action of rollers which present straight flat circumferential surfaces to the Wick is lessened, and, the point of grip being varied, enables oil to ascend the Wick at dit'- 'erent places, and so thoroughly supply all parts of the Wick Wit-h oil. This would not be the case were the oil squeezed from the Wiel; always in the same straight lines. It will be observed that the rollers rotate in reverse directions, and that the spiral projections upon the rollers extend in similar directions. By this arrangement the spiral projection upon one roller tends to move the wick laterally in one direction, While the spiral projection upon the other roller tends to move The two projections therefore, operating against each other, as it were, elevate or lower the Wick evenly, and all lateral Or sidewise movement is prevented. If the spiral projections upon the two rollers extended in reverse directions, the tendency would be to constantly move the wick toward one end or the other of the rollers.

NVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` rIhe combination, with a Wick tube, of a pair of rollers arranged at opposite sides and having spiral grooves extending in the same direction, substantially as specified.

G. P. GOODSPEED.

Witnesses:

T. J. KEANE, E. T. ROCHE. 

